Arthur Koestler Quotes

Best Quotes by Arthur Koestler (Top 10)

The principle mark of genius is not perfection but originality, the opening of new frontiers.
Arthur Koestler
Creative activity could be described as a type of learning process where teacher and pupil are located in the same individual.
Arthur Koestler
Nothing is more sad than the death of an illusion.
Arthur Koestler
The more original a discovery, the more obvious it seems afterwards.
Arthur Koestler
Politics can be relatively fair in the breathing spaces of history; at its critical turning points there is no other rule possible than the old one, that the end justifies the means.
Arthur Koestler
Courage is never to let your actions be influenced by your fears.
Arthur Koestler
Scientists are peeping toms at the keyhole of eternity.
Arthur Koestler
Brain-washing starts in the cradle.
Arthur Koestler
The evolution of the brain not only overshot the needs of prehistoric man, it is the only example of evolution providing a species with an organ which it does not know how to use.
Arthur Koestler
The most persistent sound which reverberates through man's history is the beating of war drums.
Arthur Koestler

Modern man lives isolated in his artificial environment, not because the artificial is evil as such, but because of his lack of comprehension of the forces which make it work- of the principles which relate his gadgets to the forces of nature, to the universal order. It is not central heating which makes his existence 'unnatural,' but his refusal to take an interest in the principles behind it. By being entirely dependent on science, yet closing his mind to it, he leads the life of an urban barbarian.
Arthur Koestler